Prepositions

Hi guys, eu entendo que esse tópico ´preposições´ incomoda muita gente.
Quem nunca se preocupou com prepositions??? Pois é, eu mesma ja cai em desespero por causa dessas palavrinhas pequeninas que em certo tempo do nosso inglês parecem não entrar na cabeça, então vai ai algumas dicas pra tentar ajudar você caso esteja passando por um ´momento´ daqueles em que você precisa entender essas tão importantes preposições.

Count on me guys, if you have any doubt let me know ok.
Big Kiss
see you soon.



Prepositions

IN
Months In January/ May/ April/ October
Seasons In winter/ spring/ summer/ autumn
Years In 2000 / 1956/ 1821
Centuries In the 18th century
Parts of the day In the morning/ afternoon/ evening

ON
Days of the week On Monday/ Saturday/ Sunday
Dates On the 6th June
On my birthday
On Christmas Day

AT
The time At half past 9/ at 3 o’clock
Specific parts of the day At midnight/ midday/ night
Periods of time At Easter/ Christmas
Some time expressions At the weekend/


Prepositions after adjectives

bored adj tired and impatient because you do not think something is interesting, or because you have nothing to do: Children easily get bored. [+ with] I’m bored with the same old routine day after day.

con•fused adj unable to understand clearly what someone is saying or what is happening: I am totally confused. Could you explain that again? [+ about] If you are confused about anything, phone my office.
de•pressed adj a) feeling very unhappy: She felt lonely and depressed. [+ about] Carter seemed depressed about the situation.

dis•ap•point•ed adj sad because something you hoped for did not happen, or because someone or something was not as good as expected: Dad seemed more disappointed than angry. [+ about] Nathan’s really disappointed about not being able to go.

em•bar•rassed adj ashamed, nervous, or uncomfortable in a social situation: I managed to spill water on one of the guests – I was so embarrassed! [+ about] At about the age of twelve, girls
start feeling embarrassed about changing their clothes in front of other people.

ex•cit•ed adj happy, interested or hopeful because something good has happened or will happen: Steve’s flying home tomorrow – we’re all very excited. excited crowds of shoppers.
[+ about] The kids are so excited about Christmas.

fright•ened adj feeling afraid: a frightened animal [+ of] I was frightened of being left by myself in the house.

in•terest•ed adj giving a lot of attention to something because you want to find out more about it: [+ in] I’m not really interested in politics.

sur•prised adj having a feeling of surprise: Mr Benson looked surprised when I told him I was leaving. [+ at/by] We were all surprised at Sue’s outburst.

wor•ried adj unhappy because you keep thinking about a problem or are anxious about something: Don’t look so worried – we’ll find him. [about] She’s so worried about her exams.